Improvement in inkstands



v To all to 'whom these presents shall come:

WILLIAM G. SHATTUCK, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. Letters Patent No. 83,328, dated October 20, 1868.

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The Schedule referred' to in thes'e Letters Paient"and making` part of the same.

Be it knovvnthat I, WILLIAM G. SHATTUQK, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, and State of' Massachu- 4 s'etts, have invented a newand useful Inkstand, or Improvement in Inkstands; and do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, due reference being had .to'the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view.

Figure 2, a Vertical section.

The object of vthis invention is to produce a simple, cheap, and convenient inkst'and. It is especially intended for school-room desks, but can be applied with equal facility to anydesk.

My invention consists in combining, with the ink- Well, or case inrwhich the well is held, a tighteningnut, appliedto the case, on the under side of the desk or other article in which the ink is located, in themannerhereinafter speciied, so that the ink-well or case 'may be securely held in place, and at the same time'l readily detached and removed whenever desired.

In the drawings above referred to, A denotes the glass bottle or Well, placed within the metallic case B.

A milledl or plain top, O, is screwed into the case B,

be dipped in the ink. V

F is a portion of the desk. A cover, D, closes the hole in the top, G, at pleasure. A hole is bored in the desk, of sufficient size to admit the case B, and a counter-bore ofv suiiicient depth to admit the top, O, flush with the desk. This pre- Vents the scholar from unscrewing the top and taking out the ink-Well.

` The case B is held down by. means of a nut, E, put on after the case is placed in the desk. ,Thus we have an ink-Well protected from breakage, though vit can loe easily replaced, and easily cleaned; one which will preserve the ink, on account of the contraction of the top of the well A, and the small hole its place without the aid of a wrench.

cle, in the manner described, of a nu't, E, arranged to hold said ink-Well and case in place, substantially `as herein set forth.

Witnesses: W. G. SHATTUCK.

H. G. PARKER, EDWARD GRIFFITH.

in the top, C, and which the scholar cannot take from I claim the combination, with the 4ink-Well and its metallic case and cover, applied to a desk or like artl 

